Area News

The last tax sale for this year was held on Tuesday, according to Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton. Forty-six properties were originally sent to the September tax sale, and four were left to go to the auction on Tuesday (including two mobile homes). Property that sold, according to Hampton, included: * 94 Saddle Club Road…

Terry Lane Adams, of Senior Drive, said a man claiming to be from the Social Security Administration called and asked him for his last four digits of his social security number and his debit card number. He gave that information to the caller. Later Adams noticed his bank account was missing $1,300.   *  ******** Brandon…

Summerville cops stopped a man driving a stolen Polaris Ranger ATV through the city early Wednesday morning, according to an incident report. David Lee Cavin told Officer Ricky Van Pelt that the ATV was borrowed from a man on Sunnydale Road. Deputies checked out the story and could not confirm it. Instead, they discovered the…

Walton Goggins said someone broke into his home on Hwy. 100 last Thursday and stole several items, according to a Chattooga County Sheriff’s report. “Mr. Goggins stated that he closed the garage door before they left and he noticed it was opened. Mr. Goggins then stated that in the window for their master bedroom he…

A pit bulldog that attacked a man on a bicycle on Labor Day is still “at large” and considered “extremely dangerous,” according to Summerville Police. Police and EMS were dispatched to 50 Eleanor Avenue, off Highland Avenue, to talk with Samuel Knight who was attacked while riding his bicycle around 8:20 a.m. Knight was near the…